Topic Guide:
SSR in Southern Africa

This topic guide provides an introduction to literature on security sector reform (SSR) in Southern Africa. The first selection of literature provides comparative studies and regional texts, which include case studies of various states, but are not specifically devoted to SSR in a particular state. These resources are a good place to start in order to become familiar with the context and state of democratic governance of the security sector in the region. The second part of the topic guide divides the states of the region into groups and details some additional reading per state. Madagascar, Mauritius, Lesotho, Seychelles and Swaziland are not addressed as individual states because of the lack of relevant and current information on SSR that is available on these states. The inclusion of states in this topic guide is based on membership of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

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Page contents

• Introduction
• General texts
• Cross Cutting Issues
  • Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR)
  • Corruption
  • Small Arms and Light Weapons
• Group 1
  • Botswana
  • Malawi
  • Namibia
  • Tanzania
  • Zambia
• Group 2
  • Angola
  • Mozambique
• Group 3
  • Zimbabwe
• Group 4
  • South Africa
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
• Organisations

For further information on SSR in South-Eastern and Eastern Europe, please visit the GFN-SSR Southern Africa Regional SSR Guide webpage.